TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Department of Justice indicted two men who allegedly “stole” millions in advertising revenue by making false copyright claims through YouTube by falsely representing rightsholders. Many rightsholders prefer to keep content up in exchange for the advertising revenues the video generates. Just last week, the U.S.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Dear Rich: I am working on a book project which would use advertisements from a major U.S. The magazine itself was copyrighted, but the ads do not contain any copyright markings, so my understanding is that the ads would have entered into the public domain. The advertisements are most likely in the public domain.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Besides the case of unofficial tickets, in the past the Italian state has relied on the CHC to prevent commercial advertisements of rifles in which Michelangelo’s David was portrayed in full armour.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

He found that many commercially-available products were not being sold as advertised and included fillers and even toxic substances mixed in. Thompson, for his part, has said that he and his colleagues plan to “place our full set of concerns into the public domain soon,” signalling that this is not the end story.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The court began with the issue of functionality, finding that "[u]tility patents disclose, and some claim, the features of TBL's applied-for design, and TBL's own advertising touts the functional benefits the features." Most of the issued patents cited in this brief have expired, meaning that the disclosed features are in the public domain.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

Furthermore, the court also observed that the plaintiff has alleged that the defendant has infringed the copyright in its drawing however, prima facie the defendants were able to establish that these drawings are a part of the public domain and thus no exclusivity lies over them. Case: M/s Mahavir PVC Cables Factory v.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

This is different to non-consumable components, which are generally not advertised independently and only sold together with the vacuum cleaner. picture on the right is by painter Kobayashi Kiyochika and is in the public domain What is this component?

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43(B)log

JUNE 17, 2022

However, statements that the videos were “low quality [public domain]” were mere opinions. Commercial advertising or promotion: Yes, because the review was commercial speech made by Beyond Blond’s direct competitor. “[S]peech

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

We have an artwork, displayed in a museum and which is in the public domain. However, no fees shall be paid for certain specific uses, such as in the case of personal use, use for study purposes or public entities’ use with the aim of enhancing the assets themselves. This is exactly the case here. Second, Art.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

MARCH 27, 2018

Sometimes the works in question are reproduced on clothing, other times the works are featured in advertising and marketing campaigns. Most recently, a Los Angeles based street artist by the name of Revok threatened to sue clothing retailer H&M for its use of one of his murals in a filmed advertisement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? s advertisement for hats, copying Sarony’s Oscar Wilde No. A new breed of artists is using generative artificial intelligence tools like DALL·E, Midjourney, Firefly, and ChatGPT to create artistic works. By guest blogger Prof. Ehrich Bros.’s

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Lastly, trademarks are pivotal for commercial purposes such as sales and advertisements. Eventually, the Court held that the word “thermos” was indeed a generic term that was in the public domain, and thus, the defendant could proceed with the use of the word under the condition that “thermos” shall not be capitalized.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Pictures of marks are in the public domain. The unregistered rights ground did not fare much better. use on a different product); (vi) keep submissions and evidence of fact separate; (vii) explain why witnesses are filing evidence on your behalf. So, Kat readers, having imbibed these practical tips-- "bottoms up"!

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It found that because Harvey had not renewed the copyrights on the comics featuring the character that later developed into Fatso, the depictions of the character relied on by Harvey had fallen into the public domain. affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the advertisers. The Ghostly Trio.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Court noted that redacting one’s name from a judgment acquitting them is counterproductive when there are other tarnishing publications in the public domain and that access to court judgments are integral to “open justice”, subject only to some exceptions. Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

And that, in turn, further restricts what should be in the public domain and gives companies power to create property rights where none are otherwise granted in the law. seeks only damages based on the reactions of advertisers (third parties) to CCDH’s speech in the Toxic Twitter report, which CCDH created after the scraping.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

It is also fair to use works that have fallen into the public domain as the rights over such content are exhausted due to the nature of these rights. Another additional benefit of securing trademarks for blogs is where the blog is making commercial gains through advertising. It can be used freely by anyone.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A company can use a unique typeface to convey pretty much anything on any of its products, its advertising, its website, and any other place a company would publicly use the written word. Namely, anything protected by a design patent will enter the public domain generally 15 years after the patent office issued the design patent.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

WPI counterclaimed against Restellini and third-party Institut Restellini SAS – Documentation Centre alleging copyright infringement and false advertising. Cases about false advertising of the source of “services” were inapposite. “[T]he This opinion got rid of the counterclaims. “In

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

30, 2021): Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew that Defendant Wagner did not own the copyright to the images that Plaintiff posted on its social media channels, because Wagner abandoned the copyrights when he executed the Stipulation of Settlement, which dedicated the intellectual property rights of the images to the public domain.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

The subject design is original and has never been in the public domain. While the GUI in the present case is in-built, the in-built ICONS can be displayed in shops as well as in advertisements. GUI can positively influence customers to buy such products.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After using a fragment of the imagery from the advertising in his painting, Koons gave the image new significance in his 2000 piece Niagara. The picture was released in Public Domain without permission, which is the issue with this. However, the Courts claimed that since Koons had seen the image in Allure Magazine.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The High Court also noted that merely because the impugned mark’s advertisement occurred in Delhi, the courts of Delhi will not become eligible to adjudicate on the dispute. Khodays Breweries Private vs House Of Khodays Private on 3 November, 2022 (Bangalore District Court). Licensing Ip International S.AR.L

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

This is great for Google but highly harmful to Genius, which, like many websites, bases its business model on users’ traffic and advertisements. In other words, what level of contractual control over public domain information is acceptable. Other legal tools can address this difficult question more directly.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In return for users agreeing to the TOU, Craigslist provides services to its users “including but not limited to classified advertising, forums, and email forwarding.” TOU at 6-7. ” TOU at 1. Because the Copyright Act generally does not preempt contracts, see Montz, 649 F.3d at 976-977.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

With the fast-growing media and entertainment sector, the era of digital advertising for product branding and selling has also stepped up. With the fast-growing media and entertainment sector, the era of digital advertisement for the products branding and selling have also stepped up.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

precisely replicat[ing] a copyrighted advertising logo to make a comment about consumerism’ (such as Warhol’s well-known depictions of Campbell’s soup cans), which ‘might. 17] Accordingly, when the Warhol Foundation petitioned the Second Circuit for rehearing following the Google decision, the Second Circuit agreed to reconsider the case.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 15, 2024

Original works of art are protected by copyright until they come into the public domain. It is no longer confined to museum walls or catalog pages, we have become used to seeing classic canvases in advertising campaigns, on t-shirts and merchandising products, or parodied in memes on social media. Not in every country.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Nor was use on Wikipedia, IMDB, or advertising of “12 O’Clock Boys” as a potential title on Wikipedia, IMDB, or in advertising for the film enough given Rogers. “[T]he The similarities in setting, theme, etc. were unprotectable elements, including “a local boy’s dream” to become part of the Twelve O’Clock Boyz. “[I]t

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

In particular, under EU law the Italian public cultural property seems to be inconsistent with art. 14 of the CDSM 2019/790 directive on works of visual art in the public domain. More from our authors: Guide to EU and UK Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law, Eighth Edition by Sally Shorthose € 265

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Later, in 1914, Copyright Act was amended which was highly influenced with the Copyright Act, 1911 of Britain, such as both the legislation shared resemblance in the duration of copyright protection, focused on the protection of literary works, and had similar provisions regarding the concept of public domain and exceptions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Opposing the claimants’ arguments, Ravensburger challenged the cross-border application of Italian law, alleging that the claims conflict with article 14 of Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive since they attempt to unlawfully impose property assertions on public domain works. 633/1941, l.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

(operating as INDIA TV), sought a permanent injunction restraining infringement of his personality and publicity rights. [2] This brings us to the discussion of their personality rights, which confer upon an individual the exclusive right to govern how their persona is depicted in the public domain, particularly for commercial purposes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, the prevalence of unauthorized use of renowned person names in advertisements has become a concern. Need for Protection of Personal Names through IPR Celebrities commonly demand a licensing fee for the utilization of their name, image, or other distinctive attributes in advertising or merchandising endeavours.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Defendants also use privacy protection services to hide their names and contact information from the public domain name WHOIS database.” . “Many Defendants do not provide any contact information such as a physical address, email address, or phone number, and conduct their transactions entirely pseudonymously.

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